eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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JUNE 18, 2025

These essential, durable skills are at the heart of frameworks like ISTE’s Standards for Students and the Partnership for 21st Century Learning’s framework , which emphasize what students need to thrive in school and beyond. Future-Ready Skills: Participants gain experience in public speaking and digital design.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. The number of dually enrolled students has boomed in recent years.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Addressing Systemic Challenges and Supporting Educator Sustainability Last but not least, educators were not only adamant about the systemic challenges of K-12 education, but also expressed ways schools and districts can work to better support the retention of educators in our schools.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

One could focus on reviewing skills, another on drill practice, and another on a fun math game. Interactive apps like Prodigy , Moose Math , or The Mystery Math Museum make learning fun while reinforcing key skills. Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2025

All of them, I’ve found, are well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, offering inclusive solutions to the issue of tech tools–taking into account the perspectives of stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to ensure learning is organic and granular.

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MAY 21, 2025

Many grants also support school-based enterprises, such as student-run cafs, retail shops or food trucks, that help students apply their learning in real-world contexts. CTE Is Now the Norm, Not the Niche CTE has firmly moved into the mainstream of high school education.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1. Editable ELA Word Wall for Middle School By Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS CCRA.L.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, RL.7.1,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s the first day of school, and your high school class is quiet. Use these ice breakers for high school students on the first day of class or when starting a new semester. Help them introduce themselves with more engaging ice breaker activities for high school students that range from funny to fascinating.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bek McRae (@missmcraesteachingtales) Make everyone more comfortable with a “meet the staff” bulletin board Whether students are stepping into a brand-new school or leveling up to middle or high school, the start of the year can feel intimidating.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Use these engaging questions and thought experiments to get middle schoolers to open up while practicing writing skills. What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Practice writing skills based on the CCSS for history and social studies and your 8th grade history curriculum with tailored prompts.

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JULY 1, 2025

It is a family favorite that we used all the way through high school. Best for: Families who want a light, practical, story-based approach that reinforces editing skills. See a full review I wrote here ! Grades: Grades 4th–12th (levels vary) Approach: Editing-based. Students correct and mark up errors in a continuing story.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” Families also got to put their building skills to the test.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Project & Rubric – Back-to-School, New Year, End-of-Year Activities By Jenn Liu — Engaging to Empower Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Life Skills Teach middle and high school students how to make a vision board using this no-prep, interactive Google Slides lesson!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Discover ways to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month activities into your school day and honor the contributions of Hispanic leaders, artists, athletes, and icons worldwide. Use Hispanic Heritage Month activities that include writing templates, instructional bookmarks, and sentence practice worksheets to focus on writing skills.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

To date, some states have developed standards for teaching financial literacy, but where do schools turn for resources to implement those standards and who do they turn to for advice on what aspects of money management they should teach and when? As a country, our financial literacy skills are dismal. scored below the OECD mean.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Find everything you need for facilitating great debates in your high school class. From good debate topics for high school to resources for structuring and crafting arguments, you’ll find everything you need for a fiery debate in any subject. Should high school students be allowed to drop out of school when they want?

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2025

Without real exposure to different career paths or learning about careers they may never have heard of, students often make choices based on limited information, missing out on opportunities that align with their skills and interests. Middle school is a pivotal time when students begin forming their academic and career identities.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2020

In September 2018, my school district approved the creation of my FH Knights esports team –the first middle school esports team in the country. Esports is a great way to teach soft skills. Just like traditional sports, esports is a great way to help students develop soft skills.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This process reinforces scientific inquiry and builds critical thinking skills as students see, touch, and analyze real results from their experiments. For math, measurement and geometry activities like building models or plotting data can turn abstract numbers into something students can visualize and manipulate.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

As the pandemic continues to impact another school year, a lot of focus has been on “accelerating learning,” which is about maintaining on-grade level instruction or infusing pre-requisite skills in the instruction so students can access on-grade level instruction. With College- and Career-Ready standards, the learning builds.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. Not just because of distance learning but because of the logical step to advance skills from block coding to programming,” said Ben Durham , technology teacher for Portland Public Schools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Until now, the story of how COVID affected who got their high school diploma went something like this: Graduation rates dipped a little for the class of 2021, but recovered the following year. Where a student lived and what policies their school followed during the pandemic affected how likely they were to graduate from high school.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, today announced that its blended core Middle School Math Solution received perfect scores in a new report published by EdReports.org.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

With this partnership, schools that work with Maplewoodshop will now also have the opportunity to utilize the Carpenters International Training Fund (CITF) Career Connections curriculum from NCAF. NCAF is committed to training the most highly-skilled and efficient workforce necessary to remain competitive in today’s construction market.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2022

If you ask middle school and high school students these days the most important skills they’re learning, they’re likely to name something they picked up on their own, outside of normal school hours. Evans says these students’ eyes light up when they talk about the self-directed learning they’re doing.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In 2011, 22 percent of students starting high school had a smartphone; by 2015, the number rocketed to 68 percent. We’re seeing the impact at a younger and younger age,” added David Campos, the district’s middle school principal. It gave them time to cool off,” high school principal Pat Baughman said.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

First Educational Version of a Programming Language Enables Middle School Code Education – Bridging the Middle School Gap. PORTLAND, May 12, 2021 – Blackbird today announced the official release of the world’s first educational version of JavaScript.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom. As the workforce continues to shift, Keeney argues, equipping students with soft skills that can adapt to any career path is more important than ever.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. For millions of students from low-income backgrounds, the transition to college or the workforce from high school is a steep, sometimes insurmountable, climb. At a time when more than 4.6

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It features national and state-level policy and implementation data, focusing on high school data. Eleven states now require students to earn credit in computer science to graduate from high school. “The data is clear: computer science equips students with essential skills for future careers in all industries.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Passive learning doesn’t help students develop future-ready skills, like critical thinking or creativity, in the same way active learning does.

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

This method uses inquiry-based observation skills to determine an artist’s intention and message. Lura noted that her students recognized that they also used these “life skills” in other areas, like providing evidence in English or giving an explanation in math. Art for Communication Skills. Art for Different POVs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Traditionally, the spotlight on STEM education appears to occur in high school and late middle school grade-levels. Elementary school years mark a critical phase in a child’s cognitive development. The job market is swiftly evolving, with an increasing demand for STEM-related skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Young people need to start exploring career possibilities, based on their strengths and interests, starting in middle school–and theyre beginning to. High school internships will become more prevalent. There is no substitute for real world learning starting in high school. Starting early.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Workforce Report from tech provider YouScience , which aims to solve the skills gap crisis for students and employers. Women play a crucial role in filling high-paying, in-demand STEM careers, but they account for just 34 percent of the STEM workforce , according to 2024 Female Students and STEM Report.

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